E.B. Ellington Elementary

E.B. Ellington Elementary is a tight-knit elementary campus in Ravenel, South Carolina, part of Charleston 01. The school enrolls 366 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Across the 81 schools in Charleston 01 (52,009 students total), E.B. Ellington Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, E.B. Ellington Elementary records that Black students make up the majority at 55%; the rest comes out to 29% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Charleston County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Charleston County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,494 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. E.B. Ellington Elementary is one of 98 public schools in Charleston County (combined enrollment of about 55,933 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lowcountry Leadership Charter School, around 3.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around E.B. Ellington Elementary.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at E.B. Ellington Elementary has ticked down 12%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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